I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think, you just can't move them about, you know.

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Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I...

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.